Cavalry captain
Carrying bloodied lance down off Calvary
Bounding down its haft
The blood of Messiah, son of God
Guard captain in blue caftan
Broccaded sash banding
Light blanching his falchion
At his side, that keen steel
Which slashing makes men phantoms
Fastening badge fashioned from bronze
His limeblonde wife like a platinum golem
Strolling sidealong, hair lolling with height
Barber must have made bricks for Babel
Gold thread along hems and edges
Ahead thronging handmaidens
Mavens in ravenwear.
Alchemisland 
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